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Politics and social media have a dysfunctional relationship. The real-time response that politicians receive can be heartwarming, cynical, and at times quite nasty. The beauty about social media with platforms such as Twitter is that the connection… or disconnection… is immediate. While the general public can indulge in all types of political activities, the military cannot. I think what most people forget is that military service members are bound by a contract, and in that contract, the member is bound to represent that entity 24/7, 365 days out of the year.

Gamers interested in aviation can download a new gaming app called Blue Angels – Aerobatic SIM developed by Italian-base company RORTOS. It is a simulation game that can be played on iOS or Android smartphones for the sole entertaining purpose to fly a Blue Angels jet and virtually clone the cool stunts we only see at their air shows.

There is an immediate need for cybersecurity specialists to join the ranks in the Navy. To meet that demand and prepare sailors in the cyber domain, the Navy will move forward with its plans to hire civilians for positions as high as chief petty officer or captain. Moving forward, however, means understanding the Navy lacks leadership where it's required and evolving cybersecurity threats have already proved to be too much for our current resources.

Each issue in this section, the editorial staff of Military Embedded Systems will highlight a different charity that benefits military veterans and their families. We are honored to cover the technology that protects those who protect us every day. To back that up, our parent company – OpenSystems Media – will make a donation to [...]

Researchers at Georgia Tech with support from the Office of Naval Research (ONR) have designed an ingenious – arguably – artificial intelligence (AI) software that will teach robots the difference between right and wrong. Through the art of storytelling, the software, called Quixote, should teach the robot acceptable behavior in social gatherings.

The advent of the Industrial Internet has raised the bar for security analysts and data scientists, a workforce whose number is quickly being dwarfed by the amount of connected machines. Now, machine learning and artificial intelligence professionals are teaming with traditional embedded vendors to help suppress the rising tide of cyber threats and Big Data. [...]

Airborne platforms take another step to full autonomy as Sikorsky’s S-76 helicopter completes a 30-mile self-governing flight for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)’s Aircrew Labor In-Cockpit Automation System (ALIAS) program. It’s a major milestone and marks the completion of Phase 1 for Sikorsky.

Slide show — Technology media tends to be very polarized, with outlets either focusing solely on finished products or just on the latest processors and tools used to develop those systems without much regard for what happens in between. At IoT Design and Embedded Computing Design we try to fill that middle ground as much [...]

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is forming a broad-based advisory committee with Intel’s CEO in the lead. Students will also be able to follow an easier path to fly unmanned aerial systems (UAS) for the purpose to complete their coursework. Michael Huerta, FAA Administrator, gave the two announcements during his keynote speech at this year’s [...]

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s (DARPA) researchers are trying to find humanity’s driving factor. To do this, they started the Next Generation Social Science (NGS2) program, which will focus on developing new methods and tools that will allow researchers to build models of human social behavior.